Answer the call.

Protect your loved ones and fellow Ohioans.

The Henry County Health Department via the Ohio Department of Health has contracted with the Public Consulting Group (PCG) to complete COVID-19 case investigation and contact tracing for Henry County.

What is contact tracing?

Contact tracing involves identifying people who may have COVID-19 due to contact with those who have tested positive for COVID-19.

Contact tracing slows the spread of COVID-19 by:

• Notifying people they may have been exposed to COVID-19 and should monitor their health for signs and symptoms.

• Asking people to self-isolate or self-quarantine if appropriate.

• Helping people who may have been exposed to COVID-19 get tested.

• Helping people identify the resources they need to safely stay at home.

Why does contact tracing matter?

Contact tracing is an important part of Ohio’s COVID-19 response strategy to limit transmission.

The goal of contact tracing is to help prevent further spread of COVID-19, identify hotspots of infection, and protect friends, families, and communities from infection.

We will not disclose your identity to your contacts; however, if you test positive, we encourage you to notify people you have been around if you feel comfortable doing so, so that they respond to the outreach and begin to stay home, too.

What can I expect?

If you test positive for COVID-19, someone from the health department may reach out to:

• Check in on your health.
• Help connect you with resources needed to safely stay at home (e.g., food or medical assistance).
• Ask where you have recently spent time with others.
• Discuss who you have interacted with.

During contact tracing, PCG or health department staff will not ask you for sensitive information, such as:

• Money
• Social Security number
• Salary
• Bank account information
• Credit card numbers

How can I prepare for contact tracing?

Download the PDF (link below) and complete its sections to be ready for a possible call from your health department. This will help you think about places you have been and people you have recently been around. The health department may also ask that you reach out to your own contacts to tell them they have been exposed.

If you test positive for COVID-19, someone from the health department may reach out to check-in on your health, help you identify resources needed to safely isolate/quarantine, ask where you have spent time with others, and discuss who you have interacted with. Complete this form above to be ready for the call.

Things to think about. Have you been:

• To work or school?
• Together with others (at a restaurant or bar, gym, party, over to your house)?
• To a store in person (grocery store, mall)?
• To in-person appointments (salon, doctor’s office)?
• In a vehicle with others (Uber or Lyft, public transportation)?
• Inside a place of worship?